hi guys - my studio space is about 17x23' with 8 ft ceiling. all sheetrock walls and ceiling, and a carpet floor, with plenty of diffusion due to book cases, furniture, etc. the space is currently quite dead, and i have to create some good digital reverb to make the space sound somewhat realistic, which is always tricky...
i do chamber music (no vocals, no amps, no drums), usually a solo instrument (flute, strings, etc) with baby grand piano or pedal harp accompaniment.
i have read that you generally need to have a room of something like 6000 cu ft before you start getting any kind of decent natural ambient reverb. my space is only about 3000 cu ft.
anyway, i am considering replacing my carpet floor with a wood floor and placing acoustic panels on the ceiling. i am wondering, though, if i might not be creating more problems than i will solve by doing this. will i be able to effectively create some natural ambient reverb in a space the size of my studio without introducing flutter echo or winding up with a "ringy" sounding space? or am i better off leaving the space dead and spending my money on a bricasti reverb?
any thoughts or recommendations regarding this would be most appreciated. thanks.